CHICAGO (IL)
Chicago Sun-Times
LeeAnn Shelton
The Archdiocese of Chicago has reached a $1.25 million settlement with a man who claimed he was sexually abused by convicted child molester and former priest Daniel McCormack.
The plaintiff’s attorney, Eugene Hollander, announced the settlement Monday, saying “while it has been a difficult journey, my client refused to suffer in silence.”
The $1.25 million settlement was reached over the weekend, Hollander said. The case had been scheduled to go to trial later this month.
The plaintiff, now in his 20s, claimed McCormack repeatedly abused him when he was in the fourth and fifth grades at St. Ailbe parish on the South Side, according to a statement from Hollander.
The plaintiff said he had suppressed the memories of abuse, but started to remember what happened in 2011 after seeing news coverage of the Jerry Sandusky scandal at Penn State, the statement said.
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